UFC star Brandon Royval talks “severe” concussion symptoms
One of the first issues Royval dealt with was a trouble forming sentences.
“My concussion was so severe that, originally, I wasn’t formulating sentences well,” he said. “I’d be in a conversation, and I’d be starting to talk, and I’d forget what I was saying mid-sentence. That was like the first week. That was the first bad symptom.”
Unfortunately, that’s not where the symptoms ended for Royval. He also had trouble with his vision. As he noted, that’s a real problem when you’re competing in MMA at the highest level, and need to see the punches and kicks coming your way.
“My eyes weren’t tracking,” the UFC flyweight said. “That was like the weirdest thing of all. If I was bouncing my eyes between things, I’d look this way, then I’d go look that way and it would like skip. I’d have a hard time finding it.
“My eyes need to be bouncing. I need to see everything. I need to be tracking pretty fluidly, really quick.
“That was the most ongoing symptom I had, on top of getting headaches constantly. I would get a headache like three times a day, off of any minor activity.”
The good news is that Royval is one the mend. In fact, his fight with Kape has been rescheduled. They’re now set to meet at UFC 317 on June 28. The winner will most likely be looking at a fight with reigning flyweight champ Alexandre Pantoja.
